Gran Turismo 5

[huxley]

cheers for the answers fellas.
Must be high on the ignore list eh?

[nakamura]

There isn't really any issues with the actual speed, Polyphony are lucky with the relationships the have the professional bodies as they've been able to have professional drivers compare like for like laps using cars/circuits that they professionally and get lap times the same as they would in the real world.

There has been drivers who've been able to improve their times a little on the GT side I think the fact that they're only playing a game possibly makes them take a few more risks.

The game may have a lower perceived speed but that seems to largely be down to Polyphony choosing to avoid many of the effects such as excess motion blurring and "creative" placement of track side objects which.

Although it's certainly not for everybody I do personally like the fact that even in this game they are avoiding what are probably easier ways to create the illusion of speed.

There's loads of videos out there which demonstrate the speed to be honest, this seems about right to me.

That is far and away the best video I have seen so far. It does look rather nippy in that. I never thought the speed was incorrect or anything like that. For me though it has just lacked urgency like other games. I am not a huge sim fan anyway, I like something more in the middle.

[randombs]

Each video I see makes me more and more afraid of the coming of Skynet

[JP]

I've read something earlier and what you said vaguely reminded me of it. I can't remember where I read it now but apparently even the clouds modelled in real time will move around and reform depending and what's happening with the weather.

It seems that there they are saving some really big surprises for THG this year which nobody knows anything about yet. I imagine that weather will get it's first real showing but that's been known about for a while. What are the chances of bikes ending up in the game? We already know about the stunt courses so it won't be those.

I know Yamauchi's dream is to have every racing vehicle and every track in the game but the Kart's were supposed to be included in GT6 until they were leaked so they moved into this but surely not bikes too?

The one worry that I have about this game is that there's so many different things being included that there might not be enough of each one.

I was thinking about the course maker that they showed before...




They've said that although they've kept it as simple as possible as when they included the full toolset to create is was just far too complicated for people.

I'm really hoping that they'll allow the created tracks to be grouped into custom championships. Although they have the WRC license they're very clearly not going to be able to include dozens of tracks from the different rallies but using these tools it should be possible to create your own WRC championship.

They haven't demonstrated all of the themes yet but looking at the four they have shown and the fact that things like snow & rain as well as night races and maybe even fog can be customised should give people more than enough to create the different locations.

Make a couple of tracks from each of the four themes and cover them in a few inches of snow and you've got yourself an instant Rally Sweden to compete in.

They haven't really given enough info on the course maker to know what will be possible yet but I'm hoping this sort of stuff will be!

[randombs]

Looking at that, I think the S01-04 will have the options for each section of the track (e.g. number of hills, or grass, things like that), so I wonder what the maximum number of allowed sections will be? You could probably set each section differently and make the track feel like Outrun...

[Darwock]

That video that John posted to show the speed, is that a new vid or an old one?

I ask because of how easily the passes were made on the other cars - not one of them even budged off line, and I was under the impression the AI had been beefed up a little bit.

[Neon Ignition]

I think the sense of speed in GT games is as much a mindset thing as a design one. On one hand they've simulated it to the point where it's lap time accurate but on the other hand no matter how much programming time they spend on the game it never comes close to the experience of driving at speed in the real car alternative. Because driving at 80mph in the game feels like 25mph in a real car there's a disjointed feel to it that emphasises the sense of slow pacing. However, I imagine it'll always have that problem due to the amount of other sensory inputs that it can never replicate.

Plus, typically the player is expected to spend a large amount of time with the slowest cars first meaning many never reach the speedier options.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Is the LE an exclusive to Game?

cheers for the answers fellas.
Must be high on the ignore list eh?

Come on you elitist pricks, give the man an answer.......... (off to google answer myself as I'm helpful like that.....)

[Dirty Sanchez]

I think the answer is ............. don't know.

[randombs]

I'll be honest, I thought Huxley was serious and I'd missed an important post with answers but was too embarrassed to ask

[vanpeebles]

A new dream everyday.

[Neon Ignition]

Mode breakdown for GT 5 revealed:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260974

Core single player is there plus an extra Team Manager B Spec career (which sounds dull as dishwater). Rest sounds fine though

[teddymeow]

Is the LE an exclusive to Game?

I think it is. I've had a look around and only Game & Gamestation seem to have it up for pre-order. I'll check the in-store blurb we've got when I'm backin tomorrow as it normally makes a big hoo-hah if something is exclusive (like te Halo 360).

I've read something earlier and what you said vaguely reminded me of it. I can't remember where I read it now but apparently even the clouds modelled in real time will move around and reform depending and what's happening with the weather.

That is unbelievably, ridiculously amazingly brilliant!!! I hope there's an option to get out of your car, lay down on the side of the track and look up to watch the world drift by! That could be the most relaxing game ever!!

The level of detail in this is unreal. I'm not one for the realistic driving game but this in 3D with a proper racing chair and wheel back in May was just incredible. I know that the percentage of people who will actually have that set up is tiny but - by God, I sat there after playing it looking at my credit card and wondering whether I was strong enough to resist the urge of the ultimate GT set-up.

I'm holding in there, just.

[Wools]

Is the LE an exclusive to Game?

Good question.

I can only find it for sale at Game, Gameplay & Gamestation. Either shops have not updated their stock or it is receiving a small release here in the UK.

I kind of want the Signature Edition but out of all the content contained, there's almost nothing I want aside from the SLS AMG Model. Anyone else thinking about this edition?

[randombs]

The thing I like most about the clouds is the GT games never felt the need to bother doing anything more complex than a sky dome and now they go in the complete opposite direction.

This is too much. Somebody hold me